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Bratkartoffeln

German fried potatoes: boiled potatoes sliced and fried with onion and bacon until crisp and golden.

40 min total Serves 4 servings Easy
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Bratkartoffeln

Photograph credit: Unterstmatt-14-Grosse Tanne-Spiegeleier-Bratkartoffeln-2024-gje by Gerd Eichmann · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What Goes With It

  • Fried eggs
  • Sausages
  • Pickled cucumbers
  • Green salad

Making Bratkartoffeln, Step by Step

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  1. Peel the cold potatoes and slice them about 5 mm thick.

  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the potatoes in a single layer and cook for 10 minutes without turning too often, until golden underneath.

  3. Turn, add the bacon and onion and cook for 12 minutes, stirring now and then, until crisp and golden.

  4. Season with the salt and pepper and scatter with the parsley.

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A Few Notes

Boil the potatoes a day ahead and chill them.

Do not turn the slices too early.

Add the onion late so it stays sweet.

Use two pans if the potatoes will not fit in one layer.

Leftovers

Best eaten straight away. Reheat leftovers in a hot pan to crisp them again.

What's in a Serving

Per serving, an approximate calculation from the ingredient list. Treat it as a rough guide: part of the energy comes from foods, or weights per item, with no recorded source. How the figures are worked out.

318Calories
9gProtein
39gCarbs
14gFat
5gFibre
3gSugar
680mgSodium

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